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Gli accordi di collaborazione tra Italia e Usa passano anche per la ricerca scientifica. Il progetto bilaterale "Sviluppo di metallacrowns porosi e magnetici per applicazioni sensoristiche", coordinato da Matteo Tegoni del dipartimento di Chimica dell'Università di Parma, è stato selezionato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione In...

Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism has published an online travel guide for the Roman Catholic Holy Year with 20 routes guiding pilgrims through the Eternal City's 2000-year church and cultural history. The routes take the traveler past a total of 354 sights, introducing them with short texts in Italian and English. Included are sma...

  Quattro giorni dedicati al cibo. Quattro giorni per capire le nuove tendenze, i nuovi prodotti, scoprire come si muove il mercato interno e in quale direzione vanno i mercati esteri. Tutto questo è Cibus, il Salone internazionale dell'alimentazione, organizzato da Fiere di Parma e Federalimentare.   La manifestazione, giunta alla sua...

Non era mai successo prima. Si tratta di una grande novità. È nato il Forum delle Associazioni degli Italiani nel Mondo (FAIM). La novità sta nell'aver messo insieme un organismo in grado di essere punto di riferimento e coordinamento di tutto il mondo associativo italiano sparso nel globo. Il FAIM nasce il 4 dicembre a Roma, su mandato dell'Assem...

by Paola Dezza A piece of Italian history has been put up for sale. Villa Borromeo of Senago, in Lombardy, is on the market after the group that owned the historic property went bankrupt last year and published an announcement on online real estate website www.casa.it.Built on the ruins of a Roman fort by the Visconti (the Milanese family who rule...

International men's luxury clothing label Zanella today launched its first e-commerce website, in collaboration with creative agency King & Partners of New York City. Zanella has also selected Hearst digital marketing agency Tower to drive qualified consumers to Zanella.com. 100% Italian and made in Vicenza, Zanella has produced preeminent tro...

Nine out of 10 Italians will stay at home for Christmas lunch this year rather than eating out, a sign that the economic crisis is still having an impact on families in Italy, according to a survey by catering association FIPE in cooperation with Format Research. The survey said just 11% of Italians planned to eat Christmas lunch in a restaurant o...

When you think about the big bad boy reds of Italy, what comes to your mind? Barolo, Barbaresco, Vino Noble di Montepulciano, Brunello di Montalcino or Super Tuscan reds. Well, I just discovered another one that fits into that club...Sagrantino. Thanks to my friends out of New York who sent me three Sagrantino to try, I have now found a new Italian...

by Mike Butcher   Following an amazing event last year, which saw Italy suddenly ignite its startup scene, TechCrunch has created the TechCrunch Italy conference in partnership with media company Populis. Next week (September 26 and 27) will see delegates descend on MAXXI Museum in Rome to unpack the startup ecosystem in Italy. As part of th...

May 13, 2014 ILICA will host the first conference for the young Italian business people. Under the auspices of : Università degli Studi Guglielmo MarconiNorton Rose Fulbright | Italy | Global legal practiceGianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners   The Conference will try to reveal the real role of the young Italian Entrepreneu...

It's the dream many Americans have – to travel to another country for a vacation without worrying about the cost. Would you sit on the beaches in South America? Would you travel the historical roads in Europe? Or would it be an Asian adventure?   When American adults were asked where they would choose, if they could spend a vacation in any c...

Test your knowledge of where places are in Italy with this just for fun geography quiz.   There are 15 questions. P.S. Don't cheat by looking at a map! ;) Try it here!   Source: http://italychronicles.com/